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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1926)
; the monitor < A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTKRBS18 OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY 2 Kntartd as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 19U, at the Postoffice at Lska under th< Aflt of March 3. lftf. ) ¥HE REV. JOHN^ALBERT WILLIAMS Editor ytt W MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb. ___ Associate Editor } LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS-~--Buafnoht Maugtf SUBSCRIPTION RATES. $-..00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS * Advertising Rates F jrnlshed Upon Application | Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE J | UNITED STATES | ■ » Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged ■ • 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, f ” and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the X ;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No Y 1! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the *» 11 privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor I ;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop '■ ertj without due process of law, nor deny to any person j; within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. t Our Choice for President in 1928 is WAITER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear headed Business Man WORTH CONSIDERING A little serious thought ought to convince us that we spend a lot of energy for things that do not count for much. This is par ticularly true of our social life. Many women idle away hours at the card table or in equally idle a n d profitless conversation which could be turned to much | better account. Not that we are inveighing against a reasonable amount of wholesome recreation, whether it be cards, dancing, croquet, checkers or like diver sions. They are all in the same category. As we see it, there is no harm in any of these when used under proper conditions. There is no difference between a social game of cards and a social game of checkers. When either checkers or cards are used in gambling, and either can be so used, there is harm and wrong doing. The harm or wrong is rot in either the cards or the checkers, out in the use, or mis use we make of them. If we are intemperate in our use of any legitimate recreations or diver sions, giving an inordinate pro portion of our time to these which should be devoted to other things we are guilty of wrong doing. When, for example, w'omen, well-meaning women, "-pend, as some do, morning after morning, and afternoon after af ternoon, and evening after eve ning, when the social season is at its height, in card playing, is not this a waste of time and enorgv which could be and should be devoted to better and more useful purposes? Would it not be much more profitable to devote a portion of such time to self-culture, or to charitable work and social uplift; to the de veloping of needed institutions or to the caring for children of mothers who must go to work and leave their little ones unat tended? With so many serious and important issues before us in this and every other commun ity. do you not think it wise for | women who may have more leis ure than others to earnestly con sider whether they are making the best use of their leisure time ir their social life and recreation or whether they are not dissipat ing a good deal of energy that might be turned to better pur pose ? Gossipers are as a rule experts at lying, and the worst kind of a gossiper is a male gossiper. A WORTHY OBJECTIVE We have learned with pleas ure that the L. C. A., which means the Literary, Civic and Art club, an organization of ma trons, which has been meeting for some time, have set as their objective the providing of a Day Nursery, where mothers who have to go to work may leave , their children under proper care 1 and conditions. This is a worthy objective, as an institution of! this kind is much needed. We I wish the movement abundant success. It should be given sub stantial encouragement. The first entertainment in their fund raising campaign will be a June Frolic, given Monday night at the home of Mrs. William H. Robinson, and should be liber ally patronized. We hope the i women will not slacken their ef forts until their object is at tained THAT PLAYGROUND When are we going to get the ; i much-needed supervised play ground at Twenty,-first and i Charles streets which the city j was supposed to have acquired ! nearly two years ago? The houses were moved off and work : started, then halted by legal pro ; ceedings. The work should be completed and a supervisor ap pointed. Now it is used simply as a baseball field, chiefly by larger boys who are not careful of their language or conduct. This playground is needed, badly needed, but it should l>e properly equipped and supervised. Play grounds reduce juvenile delin quency. Mr. Hummel, what can -?k iai eishw - Pafamk, k be done about this playground before the snow flies? CANNOT STAND A Detroit judge has just hand ed down a decision that cannot stand. He has ruled that while William Starks and his wife, who belong to one of Detroit’s pioneer, colored families, can own property in a certain section of the city they cannot occupy it. If such a decision as that can hold good then the Constitution of the United States is a lie. PROVOKES CRITICISM The heavy reductions, running up into hundreds of thousands j of dollars in taxes on corpora tions while raising the taxes of' small home-owners does not put, County Assessor Greenleaf in a I very favorable light or position. Tt subjects him to severe criti cism. Keep on smiling, keep on hop ing, keep on working, keep on struggling, keep on fighting for the right and you will win. % AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. The postal regulations require that for newspapers to y .. be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in Ijl II advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for X| ;; renewals. At the expiration of this period, where sub '• I scriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. % 11 If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publi- | ; | cation. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving y | •• The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are £ 11 paid, as the law requires, in advance. Statements are be- X 11 ing sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call— ? ;; and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled y 11 to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want X 11 to do. X ;; We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or y ' > pay the penalty. . % :: I Buy a home before you buy an automobile. If you buy a home first then you can better afford to own an automobile, but if you reverse the process you will soon own neither home nor automo- j bile. LINCOLN NOTES M rs. Martha Taylor Smith and son Henry Smith. Miss Anna Logan and Mr John Pegg of Omaha, accompanied In Mrs. Smith's sister. Rev. M. E. Palmer ol Pasadena. Calif., motored over from Oma ha last Sunday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. \. Johnson. Mrs. Smith and Rev. Mrs. Palmer are former resi dents of Lincoln and were prominent in church and social work here a number s of years ago. J. J. Burden is yet at St. Elizabeth's hospital suffering with a piece of steel in his eye. The doctor thinks he can >e move it without destroying the member. The cildren's festival and habv contest held last Monday evening at McKinley auditorium under the auspices of Lincoln branch of the National Association for the \dvancement of Colored People, was a financial auccess. Little Ira Gipson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gipson won fir-t prize. Rae Lee Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lewis, won second prize. Other babies, who deserve special mention, in helping to raise Lincoln's quota are Babies Scroggins, Hill and Nichols. Mrs. Alma W iley left Thursday for her old home in Plattsburg, Mo., to visit her j mother. Afterwards she will visit her I brother in Los Angeles. Mr. Robert Granger left Monday lor an extended trip through the east on a vacation. — The result of the recent financial rallv j at Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday. June i 6, was $942.10. Mrs. Margaret Lyons, as j sisted by Miss Zurreta Doty gave the willing workers and friends of the church a treat last Tuesday night, which con sited of ice-cream, cake and good daddy. Mrs. Alma Wiley, one of the personal workers, and who brought in the largest amount of money, was leaving the city— hence was termed as the honored gueM. 1 She was the recipient of congratulations ami given tokens of remembrance by her friends of the church. — Please hurry with your remittances. The annual sermon of the Lebanon Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. .\1. w as de- j I livered by the Rev. M. C. Knight at Quinn tJiapel Sunday afternoon. A good num ber of* Master .Masons turned out, and were joined by several of rite Q. F.. S. ladies. Rev. Knight received congratula tions for bis fine sermon. The annual sermon to the Sir Knights and Daughters of Tabernacle was deliver ed by Rev. C. R. Ross at the Newman M. L church Sunday afternoon. Quite a number of the members turned out in full regalia. The sermon was fine. Rev. M. C. Knight went to Kansas City I Sunday night on business. A. L. Corneal left Sunday to visit his old home in Hiawatha, Kails., and other cities. TO PROBE LATEST KENTLCKY LYNCHING — Clarksville, Tenn.— (By (he Associated j Negro Press)—S. P. Slaughter, eoulny 1 judge at Llkton, Kv., has solemnly pmm ■ ised that the grand jury which convenes the second Monday in July will thorough j lv probe the recent lynching of Primus Kirby, 26. at Guthrie. Ky., last Tuesday morning. Kirby was taken from Chief of Police Ylirns by a mob and banged in broad daylight. __ 1 II NK FROLIC FOR DAY NURSERY The L. C. A. dub, composed of a I number of Omaha matrons who de ; sire to devote some of their time to j “seful and needed work, are planning ; to start a Day Nursery where work* • ing mothers may leave their children. | The club will give its first entertain ment for raising funds for this pur i pose Monday night at the home of one of its members, Mrs. E. L. Robin | son, 2124 Lake street, Monday night, i June 27. It will be called a June P'rolic and a unique program has been provided. Thp patronage of the public is earnestly solicited. Prizes will be Hven to the person naming the mys terious lady who will appear at 11 o clock and also to those holding lucky numbers. RECEPTION FOR GRADUATES A delightful banquet and reception complimentary to the recent high school graduates was given at Mt. Moriah Baptist church last Friday night. An excellent program of mu sic, addresses and other literary fea | lures was given. U. B. F. AND S. M. T. NEWS The publicity and program commit tee met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Sands Monday evening, where important matters were considered. Earl Jones, chairman, presided. After the dispatch of business refreshments were served by Mrs. Sands, assisted hy Mrs. Belle Payne. The next meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, June 2d. Persons wishing to keep delegates will notify the chairman of the hous ing committee, Mrs. Georgia E. White, 2317 Charles street, or Mrs. Maggie Moore, secretary, 2302 North Twenty seventh street. At the annual election the following officers were chosen: Mrs. Allen Jones, W. P. of Ak-Sar-Ben Temple; Mrs. Georgia White, W. P. of Benson Temple; Mrs. M. C. Sands, W. P. of Friendship Temple; Mrs. D. W. Gooden, M. E. of the Royal House. Mrs. Bessie Kirby, member of Ak Sar-Ben Temple, has been appointed Grand Rurial Secretary of the Daugh ters of the Tabernacle and Interna tional Order of Twelve to fil the va cancy made hy the death of Mis. Lulu Rountree. MRS. HARRY LEI.AXD HI RT IN WTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Mrs. Harry I.eland. 2436 Ohio street, was severely cut about the head and shoulders from flying glass when the car in which she was rifling with her husband Wednesday morning was struck by a Ford coupe driven by J E. Rudisell, 4366 Davenport street, at Thirty-first anti Harney streets. 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